Articles Index
Edgefield Pottery
The Edgefield pottery, or Edgefield district, is the name of an important set of potters in the 19th century, who together created an international amalgam of stonewares.
Exporting Chinese Porcelains - A History
Chinese porcelains were produced and exported from kilns to the outside world beginning in the 13th century AD, an early example of how international trade began.
Jingdezhen (China)
Jingdezhen is the name of a famous ceramic production center in China, where a veritable army of potters created fabulous porcelains for the emperors of the Ming, Qing, Yuan and Song dynasties.
Père d'Entrecolles
Père d'Entrecolles was a French missionary in China, whose letters back home transformed the commercial production of ceramics
Dave the Potter
Dave the Potter was an important American ceramist, who worked in the Edgefield potteries of South Carolina, first as a slave, then as a free man.
Minoans
The Minoan civilization is what archaeologists call the early part of the prehistoric Bronze Age of Greece.
Peak Sanctuaries
A peak sanctuary is a type of shrine, a cult or ritual space associated with the Minoan cultures of the Bronze Age Aegean.
Goats (Capra hircus)
Beginning about 10,500-10,800 years ago, Neolithic farmers in the Near East began keeping small herds of goats for their milk, meat, dung, as well as for materials for clothing and building: hair, bone, and sinew.
The Library of Alexandria (Egypt)
The Library of Alexandria was Alexander the Great's dream of scholarly pursuits, housed in his capital city on the Nile Delta of Egypt.
La Draga (Catalonia, Spain)
La Draga is an early Neolithic village, occupied between 5300-5100 BC on the shore of Lake Bayoles in Catalonia, Spain.
El Sidrón (Spain)
El Sidron is an archaeological site in the Asturias region of northern Spain where the remains of at least 12 Neanderthals have been recovered.
Sago Palm - Metroxylon sagu Rottboell
The sago palm was likely domesticated in Papua New Guinea perhaps 2,000 years ago.
Nanoscale Precipitation in Genuine Wootz Steel Blades
Wootz steel blades were formed into extraordinary arms by the sword makers of the Islamic Civilization. But the precise chemical formation of the carbon atoms is still being debated today, as Madeleine Durand-Charre reports.
Ceibal (Guatemala)
Ceibal is the name of one of the most ancient of Maya capitals in Mesoamerica, located on a tributary of the Usumacinta River of Guatemala.
Egyptian Blue
Egyptian Blue is the name of a blue pigment used by the artists of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Imperial Rome.
Alexandria (Egypt)
Alexandria was the capital of Egypt, conceived and built for the conqueror Alexander the Great.
Taposiris Magna (Egypt)
Taposiris Magna is the name of the Ptolemaic through Byzantine Port located in northern Egypt near Alexandria.
The Tower of Abusir (Egypt)
The Tower of Abusir is believed to be something of a scale model of the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria, built about the same time as its famous predecessor, but still standing.
E-Group
An E-Group is a specific arrangement of buildings found on over 70 Maya archaeological sites, with a myriad of purposes including astronomy, ritual and politics
Toba Volcano (Sumatra)
The Toba Volcano is the site of one of the largest eruptions Planet Earth has ever known: and it may have had a direct impact on the survival of humankind.
Jwalapuram (India)
Jwalapuram is an archaeological complex of over 20 sites located in the Jurreru River valley of Kumool district in Andhra Pradesh of southern India, where 7.5 meters of river sediment includes artifacts before and after the Toba ashfall, dated at ~74,000 years ago.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt is considered to have begun about 3050 BC, when the first pharaoh Menes united Lower Egypt (referring to the river delta region of the Nile River), and Upper Egypt (everything south of the delta)
Maya Lowlands
The Maya Lowlands are where the classic Maya civilization first arose, located in the northern part of Central America.
Azuki (Vigna angularis)
The azuki bean is a red, tasty bean and a popular element in Asian cuisine, that was likely domesticated somewhere in East Asia.
Bottle Gourd
The bottle gourd was probably domesticated in Asia, some 10,000 to 12,000 years ago